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The innovation hub will support innovation-focused areas, such as generative AI, product development, process improvement, analytics, and software engineering across The Cigna Group and its businesses. Evernorth Health Services India builds on The Cigna Group’s existing presence in India.\nAbout Evernorth Health Services:\nEvernorth Health Services (Evernorth) is the pharmacy, care and benefits solution division of The Cigna Group - a Fortune 16 global health company with 75,000 employees, 186 million customers in more than 30 countries and jurisdictions around the world. Evernorth exists to make the prediction, prevention, and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. We do this by creating and connecting premier health services offerings, such as benefits management, pharmacy, care solutions, insights and intelligence.\nAbout Cigna:\nThe Cigna Group is a global health company committed to improving the health and vitality of individuals and communities around the world and includes products and services marketed under its Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services subsidiaries. Cigna Healthcare is the health benefits provider of The Cigna Group, serving customers and clients through its U.S. Employer, U.S. Government, and International Health business. Evernorth Health Services is the pharmacy, care and benefits solution division of The Cigna Group.\nJob Title:\nHIH - Software Engineering Advisor - SAP Procure-to-Pay (PTP) Technical Product Owner\nPosition Overview\nThe SAP Procure-to-Pay Technical Product Owner is accountable for the vision, strategy, roadmap, backlog, and measurable value of SAP S/4HANA Procure-to-Pay capabilities. This role connects procurement and finance stakeholders with architecture, engineering, integration, data, security, and support teams to deliver scalable, compliant, and user-centered solutions.\nJob Overview:\nThe Product Owner translates business outcomes into prioritized epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and release plans; makes timely scope and priority decisions; and ensures solutions align with enterprise architecture, Clean Core principles, global process standards, and the broader SAP transformation roadmap. The role retains sufficient functional and technical depth to guide solution design across SAP MM/PTP, EDI/IDoc, EWM, Finance-to-Manage, Order-to-Cash, Learn-to-Order, master data, SAP Fiori, BTP, and external supplier platforms.\nResponsibilities:\nProduct Strategy, Roadmap & Agile Delivery\nDefine and communicate the product vision, goals, roadmap, and outcome-based priorities for SAP S/4HANA PTP capabilities.\nOwn and continuously refine the product backlog, including epics, features, user stories, technical enablers, defects, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and nonfunctional requirements.\nPrioritize work using business value, user impact, risk reduction, regulatory needs, architectural dependencies, operational stability, cost, and delivery capacity.\nPartner with business leaders, product management, architects, engineering teams, Scrum Masters, and delivery partners to establish release objectives and executable plans.\nLead discovery, requirements workshops, process reviews, solution option analysis, and decomposition of business needs into implementation-ready backlog items.\nParticipate actively in backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily collaboration, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and program increment activities as applicable.\nProvide clear and timely decisions on scope, sequencing, tradeoffs, and acceptance; validate completed work against agreed acceptance criteria and product outcomes.\nMaintain stakeholder alignment through transparent roadmap, backlog, dependency, risk, release, and value-delivery reporting.\nSAP Solution & Technical Ownership\nGuide end-to-end solution design across purchase requisitions, purchase orders, sourcing, contracts, service procurement, inventory movements, Logistics Invoice Verification, three-way matching, GR/IR, account determination, and supplier master data.\nEnsure product decisions align with SAP S/4HANA standards, enterprise architecture, Clean Core principles, reusable integration patterns, security, audit controls, and supportability expectations.\nPartner with solution and technical architects to evaluate configuration, extension, integration, workflow, reporting, data, automation, and custom-development options.\nOwn functional intent and delivery outcomes for interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, workflows, APIs, OData services, CDS views, batch jobs, and related WRICEF objects.\nDrive cross-functional integration with SAP EWM, FTM/FI-CO, OTC/SD, LTO or eCommerce, master data, analytics, security, quality, external suppliers, logistics providers, and financial institutions.\nEnsure robust EDI, IDoc, API, file, and middleware capabilities, including mapping, routing, monitoring, reconciliation, exception handling, reprocessing, and trading-partner onboarding.\nBalance new capability delivery with technical debt reduction, reliability, performance, compliance, lifecycle management, and production support needs.\nUser Experience, Release & Value Management\nChampion intuitive, role-based SAP Fiori experiences across requisitioning, approvals, purchasing, goods receipt, supplier invoicing, exception management, and procurement analytics.\nUse stakeholder feedback, process data, support trends, and user research to identify pain points and prioritize improvements.\nDefine release readiness and acceptance expectations across testing, security, data, integration, controls, training, cutover, communications, deployment, and support transition.\nCoordinate system integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing, cutover validation, hypercare, and post-production stabilization.\nDefine product measures and monitor outcomes such as adoption, cycle time, automation, straight-through processing, supplier acknowledgment, receipt and invoice exceptions, blocked invoices, GR/IR aging, interface reliability, and user satisfaction.\nInspect delivery results and operational performance, then adjust the roadmap and backlog to improve business value and product health.\nSupport training, change management, release communications, user documentation, and adoption plans for global stakeholders.\nStakeholder & Operational Leadership\nServe as the primary product decision-maker and trusted partner for procurement, finance, supply chain, operations, technology, and delivery stakeholders.\nFacilitate decisions across competing priorities, clarify tradeoffs, manage expectations, and escalate risks or impediments when necessary.\nLead production issue prioritization, defect triage, root-cause follow-through, service restoration decisions, and continuous-improvement planning.\nCoordinate internal teams, external vendors, consultants, and managed-service partners while retaining accountability for product outcomes.\nPromote product thinking, Agile practices, knowledge transfer, transparency, and a culture of ownership across global delivery and support teams.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.\n11 or more years of SAP PTP/MM functional configuration and delivery experience, including at least one full SAP S/4HANA implementation.\nAdvanced experience with purchasing, source determination, inventory management, Logistics Invoice Verification, three-way matching, GR/IR, account determination, supplier master data, and procurement controls.\nStrong hands-on experience with EDI and IDoc design, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, reprocessing, and trading-partner onboarding in a high-volume SAP environment.\nDemonstrated experience integrating PTP with SAP EWM, FTM/FI-CO, OTC/SD, LTO or eCommerce capabilities, master data, and external supplier systems.\nExperience creating functional specifications and leading delivery for interfaces, enhancements, APIs, workflows, reports, forms, and related WRICEF objects.\nExperience configuring, testing, supporting, and driving adoption of SAP Fiori applications, launchpad content, workflows, role-based access, and embedded analytics.\nDemonstrated ability to lead end-to-end testing, defect resolution, cutover, hypercare, production support, and continuous improvement across multiple workstreams.\nStrong analytical, facilitation, documentation, stakeholder-management, and supplier-facing communication skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in pharmaceutical distribution, wholesale distribution, healthcare, life sciences, or another regulated and high-volume industry.\nExperience with SAP Integration Suite/CPI, PI/PO, BTP, APIs, OData services, CDS views, ALE, middleware monitoring, AS2, SFTP, or supplier-network integrations.\nKnowledge of common procurement and logistics EDI transactions, including purchase orders, acknowledgments, advance ship notices, invoices, inventory activity, remittance, and functional acknowledgments.\nExperience with decentralized or embedded SAP EWM integration, stock 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